elephant's ear

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Noun	1.	elephant's ear - any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berriesalocasia, elephant eararoid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathegenus Alocasia - tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadixAlocasia macrorrhiza, giant taro - large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental
	2.	elephant's ear - tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timberconacaste, Enterolobium cyclocarpaEnterolobium, genus Enterolobium - small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albiziatree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms